The Best Horror Movies Ever Made

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Vote for The Exorcist 1) The Exorcist

“1. The Exorcist
2. A Nightmare On Elm Street
3. Halloween
4. The Blair Witch Project
5. X Files : I Want to Beleive”

ninjacobra

“Truly scary
”

prathameshare

“this is scary”

rodrigopitico1996

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Vote for Alien Alien 2) Alien

“The best sci-fi horror movie ever made for sure.”

nallimcamybloc

“A timeless classic, and easily in the top 10 on most film institute’s "best horror film" lists.”

“No one could forget the chestburster scene. This should be in the top 10.”

vmacmil-1

Vote for The Shining 3) The Shining

“Look at my name you know I love this film”

heresjohnny

“Love it!!!!!”

Bec

“it was awsome and really sacry”

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Vote for Wrong Turn 4) Wrong Turn

“don’t watch it by yourself...”

whatsitsname

“This is an awesome movie! Along with it’s sequel and The Hills Have Eyes of course, my favourite movies of all time!”

Bec

Vote for Saw 5) Saw

“it can happen and that makes it scary”

AcoupleOFmeanMOTORscooters

“Saw.. the gore and the awesome story line love it :P”

Ak3nator

“great horror films also saw 2 3 4 and 5 are good aswel so vote for this film cuz it should really be number one”

chlo123321

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Vote for Halloween 6) Halloween

“The slasher genre wouldn’t exist if not for this John Carpenter masterpiece. Watch the original before you judge.”

“hell yea”

“Come on people Halloween is the best one out of all the others cuz Michael Myers is pure evil!! You’ll all see what I’m talking about after 08/31/07. Halloween indeed is the creator of all slasher films, if it wasn’t 4 this movie... nightmare on elm street, friday the 13, and all those so-called "Scariest movies" woul not exsist! So think again and vote for halloween =)”

Vote for The Grudge 7) The Grudge

“STUPID ENDING! But, the movie had me scared out of my wits! I had to sleep with the lights on for days!”

heather

Vote for Tamara Tamara 8) Tamara

Vote for Final Destination 2 9) Final Destination 2

“I hate any Final Destination movie in the sense that it scares me really bad. D:

The third one has already made me swear off tanning beds, btw, and I’ve never even been in one.”

frostwiire

Vote for Shocker Shocker 10) Shocker

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Vote for It 11) It

“seriously this is the only movie listed here that scared me. I it and the poltergeist. I friggin hate clowns.”

aman28

“scary clown”

Vote for The Ring 12) The Ring

“this movie is the best! xD their making a 3rd 1! omg so cool o. o”

BrokenSong

“loved it more”

Vote for High Tension 13) High Tension

“Sooo suspenseful, especially when the killer is first looking for victims in the house”

Vote for Poltergeist 14) Poltergeist

“loved it”

Vote for The Thing 15) The Thing

“This is one the greatest and most original movies ever. Another classic from John Carpenter”

Razor79

“Great horror movie. Probably the best one ever produced. It has atmosphere, a good story and great actors. Something most horror movies lack now days.”

Munqaxus

“I can’t believe this master piece by John Carpenter is no at least in the top five”

lapana

Vote for The Amityville Horror (1979) 16) The Amityville Horror (1979)

“loved it like carzy”

“Mad Me Scared To Sleep In A House That Looked Like That!!”

Vote for Event Horizon 17) Event Horizon

“I will never ever ever forget this movie”

Tbog009

“This was a scary one all right, with the added atmosphere of heavy, inescapable evil”

“AHHHHHHH!!!!!! This movie scares the Begeezus out of me!!!!!”

Vote for The Blair Witch Project 18) The Blair Witch Project

“Any1 who didn’t vote for this just didn’t see it on it’s own in the dark...”

NightAntilli

“sooooooo Scary!!!!!!!I actually thought it was a real video!!!11”

1232th

“This is the most successful movie ever! It was a box-office hit despite its really low budjet(40.000$). P.S: IT’S SCARY,TOO!”

funkymonkey

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Vote for The Sixth Sense 19) The Sixth Sense

“i see dead people...all the time”

Vote for Night of the Demons 20) Night of the Demons

“This is not a very popular movie but popularity really don’t matter here. I promise this film is going to scare the crap out of you.”

lapana

Vote for Nightmare on Elm Street 21) Nightmare on Elm Street

“"The ultimate fear... the fear of going to sleep.”

aman28

“No one can say that they weren’t afraid of Freddy.”

Vote for What Lies Beneath 22) What Lies Beneath

Vote for The Silence of the Lambs 23) The Silence of the Lambs

Vote for Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 24) Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Vote for Jaws 25) Jaws

“so sharks don’t really kill a lot of people but you probably thought twice about jumping in the water”

Vote for The Descent 26) The Descent

“Holy hell! I haven’t really, truly screamed in a movie other than this for as long as I can remember....”

heather

Vote for Copycat 27) Copycat

Vote for Carrie 28) Carrie

Vote for The Hills Have Eyes 29) The Hills Have Eyes

“I am a HUGE horror fan and I thought that movie was awesome! The rape scene was one of the best acting scenes in the whole movie, unbelievable.”

“This is my favorite movie of all time. The special effects were amazing and the makeup didn’t look like makeup. Go Jupiter’s clan, I love you!!!”

Bec

“I love the original movie by Wes Craven”

Vote for The Birds 30) The Birds

“Way better than crap like "The Hills Have Eyes"”

TheGreatest

“Alferd Hitchcock is a genious to make such a horrific movie.”

Baltimore1993

Vote for Friday the 13th Part 2 31) Friday the 13th Part 2

“Thats right part 2. 1 is good but part 2 is the introdution of Jason. I always thought the sack over his head was better than the hockey mask anyway.”

lapana

Vote for 28 Days Later 32) 28 Days Later

“Zombie genre at its best”

Vote for Hellraiser 2 33) Hellraiser 2

“Better than the 1st.

Clive Barker is a horror genius. Doug Bradley as Pinhead is the best villain in a horror picture ever.
”

Vote for Wolf Creek 34) Wolf Creek

“Suspenseful in an almost-too realistic way...
”

Vote for Silent Hill 35) Silent Hill

Vote for Salem's Lot 36) Salem's Lot

“Besides Dracula, to me this is one of the greatest vampire stories you will ever see.”

lapana

Vote for Death Bell 37) Death Bell

“Asian horrors are the best. Try the ORIGINAL "Grudge" (Ju-on) and "Ring" (Ringu).”

Vote for White Noise 38) White Noise

Vote for The Thing (1982) 39) The Thing (1982)

Vote for The Blob 40) The Blob

“Not the black and white but the 1988 version. This is a twisted story about a US bio-weapon that gets out of control. Very scary movie but the ending takes the cake. Must see.”

lapana

Vote for House on Haunted Hill (1959) 41) House on Haunted Hill (1959)

Vote for Cabin Fever 42) Cabin Fever

Vote for Candyman 43) Candyman

Vote for Mirage (1990) 44) Mirage (1990)

Vote for Black Christmas 45) Black Christmas

Vote for Saw V 46) Saw V

Vote for Thirteen Ghosts 47) Thirteen Ghosts

“I ran out of the movie theatre the first time I tried to watch this movie.”

Vote for Frankenstein 48) Frankenstein

“This classic Universal horror film is one of the greatest movies of all-time.”

Vote for Death Note 49) Death Note

Vote for Cat People 50) Cat People

Vote for The Burning 51) The Burning

“The best I have ever seen!”

Vote for The Serpent and the Rainbow 52) The Serpent and the Rainbow

“Voo Doo, zombies and a guys balls getting nailed to a chair. Now thats scary, not to mention this is a true story.”

lapana

Vote for The Omen 53) The Omen

“This is a vote for the 1976 "The Omen." Not that two bit hack job that opened on 6/6/06. This movie freakin traumatized me the first time I saw it. It sent Christians into counselling.”

gaki

Vote for I Am Legend 54) I Am Legend

“You have to watch this in the cinemas to get the real experince because when the mutants jump out at you they scare the ________ out of you.”

Vote for Hide and Seek 55) Hide and Seek

“That little blonde girl will conquer Hollywood. Fanning was really good, and DeNiro wasn’t bad either. Love it!”

funkymonkey

Vote for I Walked with a Zombie 56) I Walked with a Zombie

Vote for The Possession of Joel Delaney 57) The Possession of Joel Delaney

Vote for Final Destination 58) Final Destination

Vote for Primeval 59) Primeval

Vote for The Devil's Rejects 60) The Devil's Rejects

“scared me sheetless”